Nats Do The Right Thing By Hiring Davey

It’s hard to believe Davey Johnson is turning into the company man. Back in 1986, Johnson tore up a $30,000 for plane damages the Mets caused after winning the National League Pennant, essentially spitting in the face of owner Fred Wilpon. It took three and a quarter more years for the Mets to have the [...]

Remembering My Friend Bill Shannon

Back in 2007, on a random night at Shea Stadium, I got into a conversation after the Met game about the Brooklyn Dodgers with my friend Bill Shannon. We sat in the cafeteria and gave me – and radio reporter  Bob Trainor – a blow by blow description on why Walter O’Malley moved his team [...]

Aaron: “Baseball Needs To Do More”

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – It’s fitting that the United States Tennis Association, decided to honor baseball Hall of Famer Henry Aaron in its annual “Breaking the Barriers” Reception, because it happened in the shadow of the US Open’s centerpiece Arthur Ashe Stadium. Actually, the former home run king actually met Ashe a few times during [...]

Don’t Make Any Changes To The Imperfect Game

With only 18 perfect games in baseball history before this season, and then two 27-outers this past month, you would think the baseball world would have to wait for the Jenna Bush Presidency to see the next one. But no, much like the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, the perfectos just don’t stop [...]

For the NCAA Tourney, 68 is Just Great

April 22, 2010, Earth Day. It wasn’t the day the world was saved, but it may go down as the day the greatest event in all of sports was spared from needless ruin. The recently completed 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament was played under the widely assumed specter that it would be the last such [...]

MLB Season Preview

Yes, folks, the 2010 season is underway; there’s further talk of performance-enhancing drugs and tainted records–which reminds me: I’ve been having headaches lately so will head to Canada soon to get some ibuprofen. Anyway, here’s how they’ll finish this season: AL EAST N.Y. Yankees Boston Red Sox T.B. Rays Baltimore Orioles Toronto Blue Jays AL [...]

Boxing Notebook

CLOTTEY READY FOR PACQUIAO:   Before leaving for Dallas Texas last week for the biggest fight of his career against welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey showed his skills sparring in the Bronx and at the Kingsway Gym in Manhattan.  Pacquaio-Clottey Saturday evening on HBO pay-per-view is the replacement [...]

This UFL May Have A Chance

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The colors looked odd on the field and yes, the crowd was pretty sparse in such a large stadium, but the UFL’s first game in the New York area, seemed to be a success.
The final score didn’t seem to matter, even though Dennis Green’s California Redwoods beat Ted Cotrell’s Sentinels, 20-13. [...]

A Whale of a Last Day at Bethpage

BETHPAGE, NY – Even after four days of disappointing weather, and tough golf, the U.S. Open did have a gem in it.
A holdover Monday finally gave the Long Island crowd something to cheer about and also something to groan.
First you had Lucas Glover, who fought through and won his first major. A 29 [...]

A Long Tournament on the Long Course

BETHPAGE, NY – Here we are on Friday and the first round is still not done at the U.S. Open. Weather will do that. Yet, today is a glorious day, especially for 18 holes and Day 2 did not disappoint.
Tiger Woods shot four over and didn’t seem happy. And currently American Lucas Glover leads the [...]

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